Test Engineer Intern

Company Overview:

At Relativity Space, we have two audacious goals: to build the next great commercial launch company with Terran R and to become America's leading force in additive manufacturing innovation. Both contribute to our long-term vision of creating humanity’s industrial base on Mars, paving the way for interplanetary life to expand the possibilities of the human experience. This journey begins right here on Earth – where we design, build, and fly rockets to deliver customer payloads to orbit. Terran R, our medium-to-heavy lift reusable rocket, fulfills the growing demand for launch capacity, thanks to our iterative approach that accelerates design, testing, and development while minimizing costs. While our groundbreaking research and development in 3D printing pushes the boundaries of large-scale additive manufacturing.

Your journey with us is more than just a job – it’s an opportunity to shape the future of aerospace technology, additive manufacturing, and the human experience alongside a community of passionate, creative individuals. Join us on this extraordinary journey, as we work together to transform our vision into reality.

About the Team:

The Factory Test team is responsible for all hazardous testing in our Long Beach facilities. We use our breadth of experience and collaborative engineering approach to support everything from very large structural tests to precise valve actuation. To that end, we design, build, and operate all test assets from initial concept to test execution. If you enjoy working on a multi-disciplinary team with a broad mandate and want to put hands-on hardware, then this is the team for you.

What you’ll do:

• Create Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) for test fluids systems
• Specify valves, instrumentation, and other components for test fluids systems
• Perform 1 dimensional fluids analysis using hand calcs and software tools
• Design piping and flange layouts and analyze for stress
• Create shop drawings & work instructions, and oversee fabrication of the systems you design
• Participate in test day operations

Past intern projects (just a few examples!)

• Tested flight quick disconnects
• Designed and built a Thrust Vector Controller test stand
• Designed, built, and operated the Ox bleed disconnect test stand
• Designed and built a hydrostatic pressurization system for rocket tank testing
• Designed, integrated, and fabricated infrastructure to help run tests more often and more efficiently

Skills/Competencies we're looking for:

• Current undergraduate or graduate student earning degree in aerospace, mechanical, or chemical engineering, or other related field
• Basic knowledge of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and common instrumentation
• Hands-on project experience strongly desired, but not required.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.

Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.

Hiring Range:

$31—$35 USD